When saving/opening CSV files in Excel, the default separator is a semicolon (;), as I need it to be a comma (,) I tried to change it by changing the Language and Regional settings following several ...

I am having an issue where russian text displays as wierd characters instead of what it is supposed to be. If you look at the picture I provided, please look at the bottom right below where it says ...

My Windows 8.1 machine has its region set to English (United States). The default date format is dd/MM/yyyy, but I modify the date format to a different setting. In this case, dd-MMM-yyyy.
It seems ...

I have an HP laptop computer running Windows 8. It was purchased in the NORWAY and is in NORWEGIAN. I need to use English and have the entire system language be English. Can I change this myself or ...

In Windows 7 you can change the system locale to change how non-unicode characters are interpreted in different programs. Let's say that I want to use language X for most cases, but language Y for one ...

I have a mini pc that came with a pre-installed windows xp embedded. Problem is that I want to change a regional settings( so I can have a 24h datetime and so on...) but everytime I change it to what ...

Somehow I ended up with four keyboards installed (English (United States), Japanese (Japan), Kannada, and Hindi. They are installed in the sense that the tray drop down displays these four, and when I ...

I live in Estonia where most regional settings (number, currency and date formats) differ from those used in English-speaking countries. For instance, decimal symbol is comma, thousands separator is ...

I have to work with different applications which are, in my opinion, not wisely-coded; they require the user to use specific regional settings. For example, some applications I use require that the ...

When I'm using the English language in MS-Word 2007, it does indeed use a new dictionary, but the automatic caption names are still in my own language (Dutch).
For example: If I use insert caption I ...

The software for my Sleeptracker watch expects all AM/PM symbols to be "AM" and "PM". However, on my machine, I use "A" and "P", throwing it into a hizzy. How can I apply a compatibility shim to this ...

I have a problem when executing a "type" command on a file that containg regional characters. Although i can see the file properly with notepad or any other editor, when i try the command "type file" ...

I have a desktop, and i just got a netbook. both run windows 7 home premium.
when i go to Network, on either device, the other one isn't visible. neither can detect the homegroup of the other.
I live ...

Please help me out. after changing the regional settings from Arabic to English in Windows XP. I am not able to login to the computer as it accepts only the English. I didn't add the Arabic keyboard ...

I'm trying to play a region 4 DVD on a region 1 PS3 and, predictably, it refuses to play it with a message like "The DVD is from a different region". Is there any way to change that and play DVDs from ...

One of our functional requirements at work require running a piece of software over a Japanese environment --- which means we'll have to set up a Japanese flavor of Windows for the job.
Question is, ...

I occasionally use programs originally designed to run in Japan using Microsoft AppLocale. When loading a program this way, AppLocale specifies that it's only designed to be a temporary solution and ...

When I go to various sites I believe Firefox is informing the site that I am some other language which causes certain headers to look like they should be in a different language. To me they look like ...

I have installed Windows 7 on my laptop. When I put a movie in the DVD drive, the video player starts up and tells me 'THIS DISC IS NOT FORMATTED TO PLAY IN THIS REGION'. I have changed the DVD region ...

I would like to watch DVDs from two different regions on a Mac mini. Can I do this by connecting an external DVD drive and using the internal drive for one region and the external for the other?
Are ...

I'm a very finicky person when it comes to my locale settings, and none of the preset regions is good enough for me.
I want my dates in german (or ISO) format, but I want the names of days and months ...

I have a laptop here, a HP HDX 16 EO1000 with a Blu-Ray drive.
Installed on the machine is a software package called HP MediaSmart, which presumably can play Blu-Ray movies.
However, when inserting ...